At the end of the Yin hour the next day, Shen Mingzhu got up and dressed up.
She wore a lilac-colored gauze dress with scattered flowers, which was embroidered with colorful silk threads to form crabapple branches and magpies perched on branches. The embroidery was also decorated with hundreds of shiny, round pearls of the same size. This set of clothes was worth several hundred taels of silver.
She also wore a set of pearl headpiece worth hundreds of taels of silver on her head, and shoes embroidered with crabapple flowers and pearls of the same color. Her makeup was exquisite and beautiful, showing her elegant and luxurious appearance.
This outfit symbolizes golden branches and jade leaves, magpies climbing branches, and fairy dew and pearls.
Shen Mingzhu looked at her own beautiful face in the mirror, and then glanced at her hands that were about to be used to receive the imperial edict. Her nails were already painted with nail polish, and her slender hands were delicate and soft, a symbol of wealth. She smiled with satisfaction: She was a pearl in the ocean, and she would soon shine brightly and be the most beautiful woman in the world!
She extended her jade hand to the maid beside her: "I am ready."
The maid immediately held her hand respectfully and said flatteringly, "Yes, Queen."
Shen Mingzhu smiled with satisfaction, and with the help of her maid, she walked out in the steps of a queen.
Yao, Shen Shihua, Shen Wanshan, and Shen Zhiyuan's family all had a flash of surprise and satisfaction in their eyes when they saw Shen Mingzhu walking out with the help of her maid!
This is the apple of their eyes, a rare treasure, magnificent and elegant!
She's about to shine!
Shen Shihua was proud in his heart and said loudly: "Let's go! Go to the village entrance to welcome the imperial edict!"
The family walked out with their heads held high.
At this time, the sky was just getting light, and the villagers of Meihua Village put on new clothes and waited at the gate of the Shen family.
When they saw the head wife of the Shen family escorting the elegant and graceful Shen Mingzhu out, their eyes widened!
They seemed to see the Empress in the palace.
Shen Dabao's heart was pounding: Miss Mingzhu is so beautiful!
Shen Mingzhu was very satisfied with everyone's surprised eyes. She held her head high and said, "Let's go and welcome the imperial edict!"
The head of Meihua Village said happily: "Everyone hurry up and gather your things and go to the village entrance to welcome the imperial edict!"
The villagers immediately carried baskets of wedding candies and money and followed the Shen family towards the village entrance.
Shen Shihua bought a lot of wedding candies and went to the money shop to exchange one hundred taels of copper coins as wedding money. After receiving the imperial edict, he scattered the wedding candies and wedding money, and celebrated together with the villagers from the nearby villages!
Shen Mingzhu walked to the entrance of the village under the support of all the villagers and stood there respectfully waiting for the arrival of the imperial edict.
Peach Blossom Village
After the sun came out, the villagers of Taohua Village got up silently when the roosters crowed, washed, made breakfast, ate breakfast, and cleaned the village roads as usual. Seeing that the time was almost up, everyone changed into new clothes and, at the call of Village Chief Gu, went to Xingnong's house together.
"Aunt, Xingnong girl, are you ready?" Village Chief Gu's voice came before he even showed up.
Gu and others were just dressed neatly, and the whole family wore new clothes, but the new clothes were also simple.
Shen Ruoxi was a little scared, but the whole family had to go out to greet the emperor, so she held Xingnong and Xingqing's hands tightly.
Matchmaker Zhang saw that Xingnong didn't have any jewelry on her head, which was too plain. "Oh, you are too plain, girl. I just went to the village entrance and saw Shen Mingzhu dressed up like a peacock in heat, so gorgeous! Our Xingnong must not be bad!"
He simply took off the big red flower on his head and stuck it on Xingnong's head.
After she was done, she turned around and asked everyone: "Does it look good? Isn't it more festive?!"
Everyone nodded: "It looks great! That's how it should be. We can't let Shen Mingzhu outdo us!"
"Xing Nong is much prettier than Shen Mingzhu, but our Xing Nong's skin is a little darker! She's a little thinner! If she gains some weight and her skin becomes whiter, she will be hundreds of miles ahead of that fake Mingzhu!"
“Yes, yes, yes…”
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Xing Nong: "..."
She wanted to reach out and pick the flower.
The villagers quickly stopped him: "No, no,... it looks good this way!"
“Yes, it looks great!”
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Xingnong was a little sad. The villagers of Taohua Village were so enthusiastic!
It's hard to refuse such a kind invitation, as long as they like it.
No matter what, I am the most beautiful in the universe!
"Let's go, let's go! People from the surrounding villages are here!" the village chief urged.
The villagers were all very happy, and they walked out talking to each other, "How do you receive an imperial edict? I'm so nervous, I've never received one before..."
"I don't know, kneeling is always right..."
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The official road and the entrances of each village were filled with people.
The villagers of Meihua Village lined up neatly on the official road, and the line had already reached the entrance of Taohua Village.
Shen Mingzhu and her family deliberately stood at the entrance of Taohua Village and waited.
She wanted to let that bastard Shen Xingnong see her glory today, and let her see who she had offended!
Shen Mingzhu stood at the front. She had been standing here for an hour and a half, but her back was still straight and her head was held high.
She was dressed gorgeously and had a stunning appearance, which caught people's attention at first sight.
All the young men from the surrounding area had their eyes on her.
She saw Xingnong walking over, surrounded by the villagers of Taohua Village. She was calm, confident and unhurried. Her beautiful eyebrows slightly frowned, then she turned her head away indifferently, not even glancing at her, with a hint of sarcasm flashing across the corners of her mouth!
She was wrong before, and actually spoke nicely to a bastard. She was just a bug in the gutter, while she was a pearl in the ocean. She was not worthy of talking to her at all!
Now, she is even more of an enemy!
When she receives the imperial edict and enters the palace, she will first deal with her, and then deal with the group of refugees and untouchables behind her!
The villagers of Meihua Village saw that all the villagers of Taohua Village were wearing new clothes.
Aunt Li pursed her lips and said to the people around her: "Oh, these two are wearing new clothes. If you don't know, you would think that their village has received a reward from the emperor!"
"I guess someone in a certain village has had some bad luck recently, so they want to take advantage of the good fortune! How shameless!"
"How shameless! They hurt Miss Mingzhu and Mr. Shen so badly yesterday, and now they are shamelessly trying to take advantage of the wedding. If I were Miss Mingzhu, I would chase them away and not let them take advantage of the wedding!"
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The people in Taohua Village all smiled and said nothing, and even Village Chief Gu did not curse back.
It is not appropriate to make noise on happy occasions.
Besides, you are a guest!
Seeing that Village Chief Gu was so calm, the head of Meihua Village could not help but say, "Oh~~~ I was wondering who it was? It turned out to be our Village Chief Gu! Village Chief Gu, thank you for bringing all the villagers to dress so festively to congratulate Miss Mingzhu in our village!"
"You're welcome, Village Chief Shen. We should be the ones to show some respect to you." Village Chief Gu glanced at the wedding candies and money behind him and felt excited. Oh my goodness, they actually prepared so much money and candies for them. Thank you so much!
Village Chief Gu bowed to the other party with great sincerity.
For the sake of the wedding money and candy, he didn't care about it.
The head of Meihua Village smiled and said, "You don't need to thank us. From now on, the memorial archway bestowed by the emperor will be built at the entrance of our Meihua Village. Every time you pass by, you villagers of Taohua Village should kneel down under the memorial archway and thank the emperor for his great grace! After all, this blessing belongs to our Meihua Village. If you want to share in the good fortune, you must pay your respects. Isn't that right, Head of Village Gu?"